White Nights Featuring Hua Hua Zhang and Company Friday, November 3, 8 p.m. Tickets: $25 Industry Night: October 29th, 6 p.m. Sliding scale tickets: $10-$15 Performing artist-in-residence Hua Hua Zhang debuts her newest production, White Nights, which explores the universal question: How can we find peace of mind in our ever-changing society? Blending traditional Chinese … Read more

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In our current political climate, what is the role and responsibility of artists in responding to a nation divided? Join Brooke Davis Anderson, PAFA’s new Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum, and artists Sonya Clark and Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. for a lively community conversation that asks this question and offers a chance for … Read more

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November First Friday First Friday, November 3, 6 – 8 p.m. Join us this First Friday to take a look at our current exhibition, Hurry Up and Wait! Stay tuned for more details on the night’s program. Don’t forget to stop by earlier for the Look/Draw/Write Workshop Series with Artblog at 5 p.m. and stay … Read more

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WPRB 103.3 FM Presents Ariel Pink / Gary War at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Facebook Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Ariel Pink Los Angeles’s prodigal songwriting son Ariel Pink shares his eleventh studio album, Dedicated to Bobby Jameson, September 15. The album’s title makes a direct and heartfelt reference to a real-life L.A. musician, long presumed … Read more

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Get tickets: http://ticketf.ly/2tEpIju Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s formative years were spent communing with nature on Orcas Island in the northwest region of Washington state, a place she describes as “one of the most magical and peaceful places I have ever been.” Though she wouldn’t begin experimenting with modular synthesis until many years later, … Read more

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This year, WRTI-FM radio host, J. Michael Harrison is celebrating 20 years of his radio show, The Bridge, and to mark this important milestone, PAFA is partnering with the Philadelphia Jazz Project to present a special Hot House concert featuring Charles Ellerbe and MATRIX 12:38, hosted by Harrison. Philadelphia native and guitarist, Charles Ellerbee is … Read more

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Boris at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Facebook Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Boris “We don’t feel comfortable calling Dear a return to our slow and heavy style,” says Tokyo’s amplifier worshiping experimental metal institution Boris. “We’ve been heavy since day one.” And it’s true. From the droning thunder of their Absolutego debut and through the cinematic … Read more

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PhilaMOCA welcomes world-renowned magician Nate Staniforth! Doors 7:30, Show 8:00, $12 advance, $15 day-of Nate Staniforth – Magician, writer, traveler, and host of the Discovery Channel’s international hit TV series Breaking Magic. “Just caught a Nate Staniforth show,” one reporter tweeted after opening night, “and now I have no idea what to believe about anything … Read more

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TJ Kong Halloween Murdershow VIII with TJ Kong & The Atomic Bomb at Underground Arts Saturday, October 28th, 2017 21+ | Doors: 8PM | Show: 9PM Tickets: http://bit.ly/TJKong_Murdershow_Tickets (ON SALE NOW!) ◊ TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb ◊ ◊ Shy Boyz ◊ ◊ Levee Drivers ◊ ◊ Tutlie ◊ ◊ Red 40 & The … Read more

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Look/Draw/Write Workshop Series Led by Artblog First Fridays, October – December, 5 – 6 p.m. philly artblog’s Imani Roach and Roberta Fallon lead all-ages workshops that connect you directly with art. Explore our gallery and experience our latest exhibition through sketching and writing through this fun and unique workshop series. Spend some time looking, talking, … Read more

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Radio 104.5 Presents Vance Joy ‘Lay It On Me Tour’ with Amy Shark & Chappell Roan at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Vance Joy Atlantic recording artist Vance Joy has announced a fall headline tour. The dates – his first in the US since last year’s “fire and the flood Tour 2016” … Read more

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Port Lucian “Sun EP” Release Party w/ Americanadian / Tulpa / Ston Jamos / Brick Nova $8 advance / $12 day-of / Doors 7:00 / Show 7:30 / All Ages PORT LUCIAN Port Lucian is an experimental psych-pop band started by Portia Maidment in Philadelphia in 2016. Influences for the band range from Jimi Hendrix … Read more

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Look/Draw/Write Workshop Series Led by Artblog First Fridays, October – December, 5 – 6 p.m. philly artblog’s Imani Roach and Roberta Fallon lead all-ages workshops that connect you directly with art. Explore our gallery and experience our latest exhibition through sketching and writing through this fun and unique workshop series. Spend some time looking, talking, … Read more

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Modern Baseball – Three Nights at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Tickets: 10/13 – http://ticketf.ly/2uLBtmD 10/14 – http://ticketf.ly/2waVfeF 10/15 – http://ticketf.ly/2uLIq7e Modern Baseball In just a few short years, Modern Baseball have gone from college freshman self-recording their first record to a worldwide phenomenon. Somehow, it feels like just the beginning. In … Read more

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Want to learn more about PAFA’s exciting undergraduate programs? Join us for PAFA’s Undergraduate Fall Open House and get an insider’s view of America’s first school and museum of fine arts. Learn about our Bachelor of Fine Arts and PAFA/Penn BFA programs, and discover how your work could be influenced by our vibrant student community … Read more

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PhilaMOCA is bringing back the lost thrill of Saturday morning cartoon viewing with a new monthly series of animated favorites from yesteryear! Anything that aired between the 1960s-1990s is fair game including popular favorites, short-lived gems, and forgotten oddities, all screened with era-appropriate commercial breaks! Plus free sugary cereal! This month’s installment will have a … Read more

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When David Lynch moved to Philadelphia in the late 1960s to attend PAFA, he discovered a city that was both terrifying and inspiring. Explore the neighborhood that so electrified Lynch’s imagination in the company of two tour guides: Hidden City’s Peter Woodall and Lynch aficionado Bob Bruhin. During this one-and-a-half hour walking tour, we’ll delve … Read more

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Pearl Street Potluck Saturday, October 7, 12 – 2 p.m. This year’s Pearl Street Block Party goes back to basics! We will present the working draft of the People: Power: Place cultural plan for Chinatown North and invite your feedback. Then join us for a community potluck and BBQ, with interactive artist projects including Social … Read more

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2 Nights! Gogol Bordello / Lucky Chops at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Facebook Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B October 7th – http://ticketf.ly/2qXVB1V October 8th – http://ticketf.ly/2qp1gRN Gogol Bordello “I’ve come full circle and I’m comfortable being a total outsider,” says Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz, explaining the philosophy behind the band’s new album, Pura Vida Conspiracy. Like … Read more

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In the early Seventies, three books changed horror forever: ROSEMARY’S BABY, THE EXORCIST, and THE OTHER. The first horror novels to hit bestseller lists since 1940, they opened the floodgates for an avalanche of horror paperbacks to pour onto supermarket shelves throughout the Seventies and Eighties until SILENCE OF THE LAMBS slit the genre’s throat … Read more

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